Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-03
TWENTY-FIVE SQUARE MILES
The Council Considers III. Extension Of the
City Limits.
BONDS TO BE VOTED MONDAY,
Sporting Notes.-The New Board of
Trade-Rev. Halls Successor-A.
Rosewater Caned-Other
Local Matters.
Twenty-Five Square Miles.

The city council was called together
last evening for the specific purpose of
considering, during the initial stages, an
ordinance to extend the city limits, and
ordinances to empower the mayor to call
upon the citizens to vote at the next
election upon the question of issuing
bonds for certain purposes. 1t was a
hurriedly disposed BODY, when it met,
and in twenty minutes had transacted all
the business properly before it, All the
councilmen except Mr.. Bailey were
present.
The chiefly noticeable purpose of the
meeting appeared in the ordinance ex-
tending the corporate limits to twenty
four and three fourths square miles, and
the description of which is given as fol-
lows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of
the southeast of section "a. township l6,
range 13, east of the 9th principal
meridian; thence south on section lines
two miles to the center section
liue of section 10. township
Is; thence in southeasterly dlrec
ton to the intersection of the center
line of section Is IN township Is. 5.produced
into the channel OF the Missouri river;
thence down the channel of the said river
to the intersection of the center line of
section 3, township IA, produced with
said channel; thence west three and
three quarter miles, more or less, to the
center of section q, township IA; thence
north five and one-quarter miles on center
section line TO the northwest corner of
the southwest I of the northeast of sec
ton Z, township Is; thence east one mile
to the center line of section in said
township Is; thence north one and three.
quarter miles to the center of section %,
township is; thence east two and one
half miles to the place of beginning.
Tide ordinance was read a first and
second time and referred to the COM
mittee on public property and improve
ments.
The following ordinances were also
introduced:
To provide for submitting to the
electors of the city of Omaha at
the annual election to be held May 3,
the city in the sum of SO 900 for the pur-
pose of paving, repaving or macadamiz-
| ing the intersection of streets and the
spaces opposite alleys or opposite real
estate not subject to assessment or
special taxes for paving purposes. The
bonds are to become due in twenty
| years, be sold at par and bear 9 per cent.
interest. II was referred 10 tne cOm-
mittee on paving and gutterlng after be.
| ing read twice.
To provide for submitting to the elect.
| ors of the city of Omaha at the annual
city election to be held May 8, 1897, the
question of issuing the bonds of the city OF
| Omaha in the sum of 5000, 900 for the con.
struction of city hall. These bonds are
to become due in twenty years. and to bear
per cent interest. The bonds are to be
issued as follows In 1887, S15, 600: in 1888,
| $l25, 900 The ordinance was read first
| and second times. and referred to the
| committee on public property and inn
| provements.
It was contemplated by the call for the
special meeting that An ordinance for
$40, 900 for park purposes should be in
| troduced, but an opinion by City Attorney
| Connell that the new charter did not per-
init the introduction of such an ordinance
shut it off.
Communications were received from
Mayor Boyd announcing that he had ap-
proved a number of ordinances, and were
placed on file. The council then ad-
journed.
1t is to be seen from the wording of the
| ordinance relating to issuance of bonds
for the city hall that only $4,000 can be
| issued this year.